On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 03:48:02PM +0300, Kai Hendry wrote: > Mysql on a remote machine sounds less proper to me. :) But good point. > This problem needs to be solved. How about a mysql virtual package for a debian package to depend on whereby if a mysql-server at al is not installed a dialogue (questions!) are posed to the administrator. These questions are simply informing the system where the mysql server is and it's debian-sys-maint super user details. This is for for dependent packages to use with the minimum of fuss. With ODBC in mind, I don't think we should waste time abstracting for other DBMSs for the moment.
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